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G. P. CHASE.

SHOE. No. 274,721. Patented Mar. 27,1883.

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G. I. CHASE.

SHOE.

Patented Marr27, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FRED CHASE, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 274,721, dated March 27, 1883.

Application filed January 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 'Be it known that I, GEORGE FRED OHAsE, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top View, Fig. 2 a .sideelevation, and Fig; 3 a transverse section, of ashoe provided withmyinvention, the *nature of which is defined in the claim hereinafter presented. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the metallic clasps of-th'e flexile closing-slide of theinstep-opening of the shoe. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the inelastic hooks of the instepopening. Fig. 6 is hereinafter described. Fig. 7 is a.longitudinal section of the shoe.

In carrying out my invention as represented I arrange and fasten at equal or about equal distances apart on each sideof the instep-opening of a shoe, A, a series of metallic platehooks, a, and I generally fold the upper upon and fasten it to them, and I cover the hooks with a suitable strip, 1), extending over their shanks and joined to the edge of the upper and sewed down to the upper. the whole forming to the instep-opening two flexile lips. c c, projecting in opposite directions therefrom over the upper in manner as represented. In some cases I do not cover the hooks. Fur thermore, I arrange, edge to edge or at or about at equal distances asunder, a series of metallic clasps, 07, each of which consists of a rectangular plate bent inla hooked form near each end, as represented, so as to be capable of clasping the two lips c in manner as shown in Fig. 3, or more particularly in Fig. 6, which is a transverse section of the lips and their closing-slide on an enlarged scale. The series of clasps I connect by aband of leather or I cloth covering their outer as well as their inwise thereon from end to end of it. The closing-slide, though .flexile lengthwise, is stiff widthwise of it. Such is the case with each of the lips of the instep-opening. The said closing-slide may have its clasps hinged together edge to edge, instead of beingconnected to and covered by one or more strips ofleather or other suitable flexile material, it being preferable to make the slide by so covering its series of clasps, and instead of covering the books of the instep-opening, they may be uncovered; but it is preferable to ,so cover them. On the closing-slide being drawn up to the top of the leg such slide will cover and close the instep-opening. On the slide being drawn downward it will uncover the instep-opening and leave the quarters free to be pulled apart, whether for drawing the shoe on or off the foot of a person, the shoe, when on the foot, being capable of being readily bent at the anklejoint, as may be required in walking. I usually fix to the upper end of the clo'singslide a loop, to enable it to be readily drawn upward on the hooked lips of the upper.

I make no claim to shoe-fastenings constructed as described and represented in the United States Patents Nos. 36,383 and 19,660; nor do I claim a mail-bag fastening made and applied as set forth in the United States Pat ent No. 37,641, as between such and my fast ening there are important difierences in construction, as with mine the metallic platehooks are covered both on their outer and in,- ner sides, and in the closingslide are connected so as to fully cover the instep-opening when drawn upward to the upper part thereof. Therefore lclaim Ashoe having oneach side of its instep I opening a series of metallic plate-hooks, as described, arranged at. proper distances apart and connected and covered on their outer and inner surfaces with leather or cloth, so as to form flexile lips c c, as set forth, in combination with a series of metallic clasps, as explained, hooked at their opposite ends and arranged and connected and covered on their outer and inner surfaces by leather or cloth,

so as to form a flexile slide for closing the said instep-opening, as represented.

GEORGE FRED CHASE. Witnesses:

J. FRANK TABOR, Gnonen W. Convert. 

